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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORITZ ULRICH, OF ELBERFELD, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FARBEN- FABRIKEN, VORMALS FR. BAYER do 00., OF SAME PLACE.

BLACK AZO- DYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,202, dated December 29, 1891.

Application filed July 11,1891. Serial No. 399,243. (Specimens) .diazotizing the amidoazo product thus obtained, and by allowing this diazo derivative to act upon the sodium salt of the dihydroxynaphthaline monosulphonic acid S of my rlllsegtiers Patent, No. 444,67 9, dated January 13,

In carrying out my process practically I proceed as follows: 19.5 parts, by weight, of the sodium salt of sulfanilic acid are dissolved in five hundred liters of water, and after adding twenty-five parts, by weight, of hydrochloric acid, diazotized by seven parts, by weight, of sodium nitrite. This diazo solution is thereupon mixed with a Watery solution of nineteen parts, by weight, of alphanaphthylamine hydrochlorate. The naphthylamine-azobcnzine sulpho-acid, the formation of which is almost instantly to be completed by the addition of sodium acetate, is filtered off, and redissolved in water by the addition of four parts, by weight, of soda. After fourteen parts, by weight, of sodium nitrite have been added to this solution the whole liquid is mixed on cooling with twenty-five parts, by weight, of hydrochloric acid. Out of this acid solution the free amido-naphthaline-azobenzine sulpho-acid is separated at first as a violet precipitate, and the latter is slowly changed by the excess of sodium nitrite into the yellow diazo derivatiye of naphthaline-azobenzine sulpho-acid. After having been filtered off and washed with water this diazo product is directly introduced into the watery solution of twenty-seven parts, by weight, of the sodium salt of the dihydroxynaphthaline monosulpho-acid S and of sodium acetate in excess. After standing for some time the new coloring-matter is treated with soda to form the sodium salt and separated by means of common salt. It is filtered off and dried.

My new coloring-matter, which has, according to its production, the formula:

forms in dried state a greenish-black powder with metallic luster. It is only slightly soluble in cold water, readily in hot water with deep-violet color, and likewise in hot solution of sodium carbonate with the same color. It is dissolved by hot soda-lye and by ammonia solution with intensely-blue color. In concentrated sulphruric acid it dissolves with deep-green color, and the sulphuric-acid solution thus obtained by slowly adding cold water changes its color from green to greenishblue, blue, blue violet, and at last violet flakes being separated, while the supernatant fluid becomes perfectly colorless. It dyes unmordanted wool in weakly-acid baths in shades. bluish -black to black, fast against light, soap, and milling, and forms with chromium salts chromium lakes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new product, the coloring-matter which has the formula and possesses the following properties: it is slightly soluble in cold water, readily in hot water with deep-violet color, likewise in hot solutions of sodium carbonate with the same color; by hot soda-lye and by ammonia it is dissolved with intensely-blue color; in contoo centrated sulphuric acid it dissolves with In testimony whereof I have signed my deep green color, which solution by slow zulname in presence of two subscribing W1t (htion of cold Water gradually changes its nesses.

color from green to greenish-blue, blue, blue MORITZ ULRICH. 5 violet, and at last violet flakes being sepalVltnesses:

rated, while the supernatant fluid becomes WM. ESSENWEIN,

perfectly colorless. RUDOLPH FRIGKE. 

